LYRICS
Is it hot enough
Humid, too?
Make conditions tough/rough
Humans do
Is it really…
… really that hard
Hard to recharge
Is it really…
… really that hard
Hard to love large
With our over abundance
Of energy
A-bun-DANCE
Give away your wealth
A-bun-DANCE
Live for better health
A-bun-DANCE
Open up your mouth
A-bun-DANCE
Stand in the light
Fight for the children…
… the children’s rights
Is it hot enough
Humid, too?
Make conditions tough/rough
Humans do
Is it really…
… really that hard
Hard to recharge
Is it really…
… really that hard
Hard to love large
With our over abundance
Of energy
A-bun-DANCE
Forget about the money
A-bun-DANCE
Forge for times more sunny
A-bun-DANCE
Get to the land of honey
A-bun-DANCE
Stand in the light
Fight for the children…
… the children’s rights
Is it hot enough
Humid, too?
Make conditions tough/rough
Humans do
Is it really…
… really that hard
Hard to recharge
Is it really…
… really that hard
Hard to love large
With our over abundance
Of energy
A-bun-DANCE
Given the perfect chance
A-bun-DANCE
A natural romance
A-bun-DANCE
Dance, dance
A-bun-DANCE
Stand in the light
Fight for the children…
… the children’s rights
Chords: Em F G / G F Em / E C C E / E C B7 E; Part II from 109 to 122 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-3500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
A song about children suing governments over their right to live.
Litigating for Children’s Right to a Stable and Healthy Climate
Children have filed lawsuits worldwide against their governments over their basic human rights. Our Children’s Trust reported:
In November 2013, hundreds of Dutch citizens, along with the Dutch Urgenda Foundation, sued their government to hold the state liable for failing to take measures to prevent dangerous climate change. The plaintiffs argued that under Dutch tort law, the State could be held liable for negligence due to its failure to adequately reduce greenhouse (GHG) emissions in line with its previous international commitments to reduce emissions by 25-40% by 2020. They also argued that the government’s failure to achieve its GHG emission reduction commitments violated their fundamental rights to life, privacy and health under the European Code of Human Rights. The plaintiffs sought a declaration that the Netherlands was acting unlawfully towards the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs also sought injunctions ordering the Netherlands to limit its GHG emissions to a level of 40%, or at least 25% below 1990 levels before 2020 and to present to Parliament within 6 months a program of measures with corresponding budgets that would ensure such GHG emissions reductions. In June 2015, the Hague District Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, imposing a 25% reduction of GHG emissions by 2020. The District Court’s decision was upheld by both the Court of Appeals in October 2018 and the Netherlands Supreme Court in December 2019.
In August 2023, the Journal Nature reported:
Advocates for action on climate change won a major court victory in the United States this week. A district court judge ruled in Held v. Montana that Montana’s Environmental Policy Act, which prohibits the state from considering the climate impact of proposed energy projects, violates the “right to a clean and healthful environment” promised by the state’s constitution. Montana’s attorney-general has vowed to appeal. The case was brought in 2020 on behalf of a group of 16 young people, now between 5 and 22 years old, and was litigated by Julia Olson at the non-profit law firm Our Children’s Trust. Olson has been involved with dozens of climate cases since around 2010.